Sunday, January 22, 2017

On Day One, Trump Declares War on the Washington Establishment

Perhaps there are a few relevant historical touchstones, but President Donald J. Trump—typing those words still feels surreal—delivered an inaugural address unlike any any other. Inaugural speeches are typically vehicles for unity and uplift. Even Abraham Lincoln, on the verge of civil war, appealed to "the better angels of our nature." Donald J. Trump was sworn in, stepped up to the microphone, and with his very first sentence, he declared war (metaphorically) on the the Washington establishment.
"Today's ceremony, however, has a very special meaning, because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people," he said. "For too long, a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have bore the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth."
In fact, as the Internet quickly noticed, Trump's line -- and the way he delivered it -- about "transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people," echoes the Occupy Wall Street inspired villian Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. It could be accidental, but it would not surprise me if Trump and his speechwriters relish the comparison.
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One can argue that the combative tone is dispiriting, but the fact is that Trump is not wrong. The four richest counties in America are suburbs of D.C., and Democrats have spent years bemoaning growing inequality without reckoning with the metastasizing federal government's role in creating that inequality.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

And Trump, like Bane, is a big fat liar.

Anonymous said...

Trump is declaring war on himself, if he's declaring war on the Establishment.

Anonymous said...

"If so-called populists Trump and Bannon askew privileged elites, their cabinet does not validate the claim. Their picks have Ivy League degrees and Goldman Sachs posts on their résumés.

The former neo-Breitbart executive director turned Trump leader boasted at a party about his goal of destroying the conservative establishment."

"Bannon famously called himself a “Leninist”: a man who seized the State and moved ruthlessly toward a predetermined goal. Like Lenin, the superwealthy class that produced Trump is now beginning to fill his Cabinet and the ranks of his advisers."

Populists feign altruism to deceive "their masses." What a vile phrase, "masses."

"If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject." ~Ayn Rand

Trump's top adviser, Steve Bannon, is also marxist with ideas about producing wealth for the good of the community. Like when communists murdered millions of the poor farmers that they obtained power by pretending to care about?

Populism is the false cover story of deadly communists, it always was.

Democrats ALWAYS say they are populists to obtain power, and Trump is a Democrat. No surprise here. Only those trying to sell the LIE that trump is an awful Republican play dumb on this fact.

Trump himself regularly insults America, "...the system doesn't work."

Trump keeps a brick in his glove for fights, but he blames our Founding Fathers.

George Washington warned that the Republic needs people instructed in religious ethics, because our system requires ethical leaders.

Trump cannot be nationalist, but everything about Trump is unAmerican, like cheating the laborer in his wages. Trump is the worst we've seen in America, and that is saying something after Bill Clinton and Obama. Trump is the Clinton-Obama Legacy: PUTRID and rotten to his core.

Anonymous said...

**CORRECTION:
Trump cannot be a nationalist BECAUSE everything about Trump is UnAmerican, like his sieg heil salutes and his rich guy's "rape privileges." Nationalist Germany? or Nationalist Bavarian perhpas?

Anonymous said...

*CORRECTION:
Trump cannot be a nationalist BECAUSE everything about Trump is UnAmerican, like his sieg heil salutes and his rich guy's "rape privileges." Nationalist Germany? or Nationalist Bavarian perhaps?